Active-matrix OLED on bendable metal foil

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1273-1276

  Cheon, Jun Hyuk ^a   Choi, Jong Hyun ^a   Hur, Ji Ho ^a   Jang, Jin ^a   Shin, Hyun Soo ^b   Jeong, Jae Kyeong ^b   Mo, Yeon Gon ^b   Chung, Ho Kyoon ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung SDI   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED); Metal foil; Metal induced crystallization with a nitride cap layer (MICC); Poly Si thin film transistor (TFT); Stainless steel

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; METAL FOIL; POLYSILICON; STAINLESS STEEL; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

ACTIVE-MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (AMOLED); METAL-INDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION; NITRIDE CAP LAYER; POLY-SILICON THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR (TFT);

THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

EID: 33646049385     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2006.871873     Document Type: Article

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